Lecture on Open Science by Katarzyna Jaśko
We invite you to listen to the lecture about positive changes in science in the last few years and about Open Science movement by Katarzyna Jaśko from our Centre. The lecture is in Polish and you can watch it here.
New book on psychology of activism
We are happy to share that Katarzyna Jaśko and Joanna Grzymała-Moszczyńska from our lab together with two other colleagues authored a brilliant book on the psychology of activism (‘Walcz, protestuj, zmieniaj świat’). The book (in Polish) is already out for sale. https://sklep.smakslowa.pl/walcz-protestuj-zmieniaj-swiat.html … Continued
An interview with Małgorzata Kossowska for Copernicus Center
How do we deal with conflicting information in times of Internet? Why people believe in fake news? What’s the role of scientists in shaping knowledge nowadays? – watch an interview with Małgorzata Kossowska, the head of our lab, for Copernicus … Continued
Katarzyna Jasko and Gary LaFree just published in ‘Aggressive Behavior’
Katarzyna Jasko and Gary LaFree compared leaders and followers in extremist groups with regard to their engagement in political violence. In a sample of 1331 individuals who have committed ideologically motivated violence in the United States they found that even … Continued
A new paper by Gabriela Czarnek in International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction!
Gabriela Czarnek from our Centre together with Paweł Strojny, Agnieszka Strojny, and Michael Richter have just published a paper in International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction! The goal of their study was to investigate the patterns of engagement among professional firefighters … Continued
New paper in JPSP by Katarzyna Jasko and the team!
Katarzyna Jasko from our Centre together with David Webber, Arie Kruglanski, Michele Gelfand, Muh Taufiqurrohman, Malkanthi Hettiarachchi, and Rohan Gunaratna have just published a new article in ‘Journal of Personality and Social Psychology’. The paper investigates the role of social context in violent … Continued
A new paper in Journal of Applied Social Psychology!
Katarzyna Jasko from our Centre together with Karolina Dukala and Marta Szastok have just published a new article in the ‘Journal of Applied Social Psychology’! In three studies they showed that when female students focused on similarities between men and … Continued
Best wishes
Dear Friends and Collaborators, have a good time!
Our colleagues on the activists motivation for the Journal of Social Issues!
What motivates sacrifice for a political cause? Katarzyna Jasko, Marta Szastok, Joanna Grzymala-Moszczynska, Marta Maj, and Arie Kruglanski investigated this problem in six studies, which included diverse groups of political activists such as feminist activists engaged in Czarny Protest, environmental … Continued
New grant awarded to Marcin Bukowski!
Some great news to share! Our colleague Marcin Bukowski was awarded with the grant “Impact of lack of control experiences on intergroup relations: The role of coalition formation and recategorization processes” funded by the Polish National Centre for Science. The … Continued
New paper by Gabriela Czarnek, Małgorzata Kossowska and Michael Richter!
Is it possible to decrease stereotyping tendency among older adults? New paper by Gabriela Czarnek, Małgorzata Kossowska, and Michael Richter aims at investigating this problem. Authors of the paper showed that stereotyping tendency of older people might be mitigated under … Continued
Marcin Bukowski and team on control and outgroup attitudes for EJSP!
Marcin Bukowski from our Centre, together with colleagues, tested an alternative prediction that the salient lack of personal control (vs. having control) experienced in the context of unemployment can lead to connectedness and more positive perception of similar others (e.g. … Continued
Katarzyna Jaśko on the motivation to protest for ‘Science Mania’
Why do people take part in protests? Where does motivation to engage in social and political movements come from? Katarzyna Jaśko from our Centre will give answer to these and other questions. The video is first from the series of … Continued
Best wishes!
Best wishes for all our Friends and Collaborators:
Małgorzata Kossowska elected chairman of the Council of the NSC
We are very proud and happy to share this: Prof. Małgorzata Kossowska, the head of our Centre, was elected chairman of the Council of the National Science Centre! Congratulations! You may want to read more in >>the news<< on the … Continued
An overview of the event ‘Rethinking Refugees – Knowledge and Action’ in EASP news!
We are happy to inform you that an overview of the event ‘Rethinking Refugees – Knowledge and Action’ co-organised by our colleague Sindhuja Sankaran was lately published on https://www.easp.eu website. To learn more about this wonderful initiative please go to https://www.easp.eu/news/itm/-787.html. Highly … Continued
A new article by Marcin Bukowski and team in ‘Motivation and Emotion’
Our sense of control is often lost and regained many times a day. Such fluctuations might influence the way we perceive and categorize the world and other people. In this research, Marcin Bukowski from our Centre and collaborators asked how … Continued
Our research on prejudice discussed by PsyPost!
‘Both rightists and leftists are prejudiced — but toward different groups’ – what does it mean? Eric B. Dolan on the PsyPost website asks this question discussing the new paper by Gabriela Czarnek, Paulina Szwed, and Małgorzata Kossowska from out … Continued
Ewa Szumowska in Science Trends
Our colleague Ewa Szumowska talks about her research on the relationship between the need for cognitive closure and multitasking in Science Trends. You can read the article >>HERE<< Highly recommended!
A new article of Gabriela Czarnek, Paulina Szwed, and Małgorzata Kossowska in EJSP!
The majority of psychological research so far was focused on showing that people holding right-wing political beliefs, in comparison to left-wingers, are more prejudiced. Nevertheless, some researchers were questioning this assumption and showed that both rightists and leftists might be … Continued
Multiple positions in the new grant of Maciek Sekerdej
We have openings for several positions in our lab! The new grant of Maciek Sekerdej (Ph.D.) ‘Between nationalism and cosmopolitanism: Perceptual and motivational factors shaping critical national attachment’ is a great opportunity to join our team and take part in … Continued
Rethinking Refugees
Who is a refugee/migrant/an asylum seeker? What journey did they endure? Why do we fear them? What are the current challenges of this situation? How can we help victims of war and persecution? How can we enable integration and come … Continued
Rex Wright is visiting us!
This month Rex Wright, Professor of Psychology at the University of North Texas, is visiting our Centre. During his stay prof. Wright is conducting several workshops: on The Nature of Love (11-12.10), Motives to Help and Harm (15-16.10) and Fatigue and … Continued
Science First / Tolerance in Times of Uncertainty
We are happy to open the Science First series – an initiative to promote psychological knowledge and its application by ‘All in UJ’. Join us to discuss about tolerance with the authors of newly publish book on the subject, our … Continued
Solomon Asch Award for Gabriela Czarnek and Piotr Dragon!
We are happy to inform you that Gabriela Czarnek and Piotr Dragon from our Lab won 2018 Solomon Asch Award for the best paper by young researchers published in Social Psychological Bulletin (Psychologia Społeczna). More to be found at: https://spb.psychopen.eu/about#SolomonAschAward Congratulations!
‘Tolerance in Times of Uncertainty’ – a new book by Małgorzata Kossowska, Ewa Szumowska, and Paulina Szwed
What is the reason for growing support for the extreme right-wing parties in many countries of the world? Where does the distrust in democracy and international integration come from? Traditional explanations referring to the socio-economic factors, religiosity, or private beliefs … Continued
The visit of prof. Ying-yi Hong from Chinese University of Hong Kong
We are happy to invite you to lectures and workshops conducted by our guest – prof. Ying-Yi Hong (Chinese University of Hong Kong)! Professor’s main interests are concentrated on culture and cognition, identity in intercultural approach and on intergroup relations. … Continued
OPUS for Ewa Szumowska!
We are happy to announce that Ewa Szumowska from our Centre recently received the research grant from National Science Centre! Full name of the project is “Self-verification in the context of epistemic motivation”. Previous studies showed that people tend to … Continued
New article about research of our Centre members on popular website psypost.org
If you’re interested in religious fundamentalism and its cognitive underpinnings we encourage you to read a post about studies on this topic conducted by members of our lab – Małgorzata Kossowska, Paulina Szwed, Gabriela Czarnek and colleagues. Enjoy!
Marcin Bukowski and colleagues on emotion regulation in powerless groups
How the process of emotion regulation in powerless groups looks like? Marcin Bukowski from our Centre together with colleagues from Spain, Chile, and the Netherlands tried to answer this question in their studies published lately in ‘Polish Psychological Bulletin’. The … Continued
Małgorzata Kossowska and colleagues on religious fundamentalism in Frontiers in Psychology
How religious fundamentalism works on the level of basic, neural reactions? – researchers from our Centre together with collaborators shed some light on this complex problem. In the EEG study they found that among people intolerant to uncertainty (those with … Continued
Maciek Sekerdej on perception of touch for ‘Journal of Nonverbal Behavior’
How touch is perceived in social dyadic interactions, depending on its temporal features (initiation / reciprocity of touch) and more or less formal character? These interesting questions were asked and answered in work of Maciek Sekerdej from our Centre and … Continued
Easter wisheh
Happy Easter to our collaborators, friends, and families!
Kai Jonas and Jocelyn Bélanger in our Centre!
Two special guests visited our Centre this month. First, we had a chance to take part in a workshop on pre-registration and registered reports conducted by Kai Jonas (University of Maastricht), founding editor of Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology – … Continued
New paper of our colleagues in Motivation and Emotion
May multitasking performance be somehow dependent on the level of need for closure (NFC)? – according to new studies by the members of our Centre, yes! Ewa Szumowska and Małgorzata Kossowska together with Arne Roets (Ghent University, Belgium) recently published … Continued
Invitation to PhD defense of Gabriela Czarnek
We are happy to invite you to the public defense of Gabriela Czarnek! The thesis is titled ‘The Moderating Impact of Effort Engagement on Stereotyping in Older Age’ and it was prepared under supervision of prof. Małgorzata Kossowska, and in … Continued
14th Winter Seminar on Social Cognition and Intergroup Relations
14th Winter Seminar on Social Cognition and Intergroup Relations organized by our Centre is sadly over. This year it took place in Poronin, and as usually was an opportunity to listen to great talks and take part in inspiring discussions. … Continued
Public defense of Krzysztof Hanusz doctoral thesis
We are happy to invite all of you for the public defense of Krzysztof Hanusz doctoral thesis (titled ‘Wpływ poczucia skuteczności na efekt ekspozycji na grę komputerową’). His supervisor is prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Kossowska, reviewers prof. dr hab. Paweł Doliński (SWPS Wrocław) … Continued
SONATA grant for Aneta Czernatowicz-Kukuczka
We are proud to announce that our colleague Aneta Czernatowicz-Kukuczka (PhD) has received a research grant from Polish National Science Centre! Her project regards to perception of god(s) and risk taking. Congratulations! The full list of grants that received funding … Continued
Małgorzata Kossowska for Science Online
What is the position of women in science, especially in Poland? What are their perspectives? Are we, Poles, open and tolerant enough? What holdes some of us back? Where does terrorism come from? Małgorzata Kossowska from our Centre answers those … Continued
Best wishes
We wanted to wish all the best to our Friends and Colleagues! Have a good time!
A new article in the European Journal of Social Psychology!
A new article by our colleagues in European Journal of Social Psychology! Maciek Sekerdej together with Małgorzata Kossowska and Aneta Czernatowicz-Kukuczka from our Centre recently published a paper on the relationship between epistemic motivation and intergroup perception (mediated through the … Continued
PhD defense of Marzena Rusanowska
On October 4th Marzena Rusanowska from our Centre defended her thesis titled ”Attention biases in depression. Attention Bias Modification Training as therapeutic intervention”. Her supervisors were prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Kossowska, and dr hab. Izabela Krejtz (SWPS) and the reviewers were prof. … Continued
Mobility Plus for Gabriela Czarnek and Ewa Szumowska
We are very proud to announce that two members of our Centre, Ewa Szumowska and Gabriela Czarnek, received funding under the prestigious Mobility Plus Program.The program, established by The Ministry of Science and Higher Education, is addressed to young scientists, … Continued
Conspiracy theories and Need for Cognitive Closure – our research discussed by PsyPost!
A paper on the link between need for cognitive closure (NFCC) and endorsment of conspiracy theories, published in the ‘European Journal of Social Psychology’ and written by Marta Marchlewska (University of Warsaw), Aleksandra Cichocka (University of Kent, UK) and Małgorzata … Continued
A new article in “Psychologia Społeczna” (Social Psychological Bulletin)
Using valid and reliable measures is a part of good scientific practice. Gabriela Czarnek, Piotr Dragon and Paulina Szwed from our Centre together with Bogdan Wojciszke (SWPS, Sopot) aimed to check psychometric properties of the Political Beliefs Questionnaire. They ran … Continued
Małgorzata Kossowska elected a member of Executive Committe of the EASP!
We are very happy to share that Małgorzata Kossowska, head of our group, was elected a member of Executive Committe of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). EASP is one of the most important social psychological organizations nowadays, with … Continued
Małgorzata Kossowska on conspiracy beliefs for PAP
Online news outlet “Science & Scholarship in Poland” writes about the studies on conspiracy beliefs that Marta Marchlewska (University of Warsaw) and Aleksandra Cichocka (University of Kent) conducted together with Małgorzata Kossowska from our Centre. Take a moment to get … Continued
PhD defence of Ewa Szumowska
On June 12th Ewa Szumowska from our Centre defended her thesis titled ”Motivational predictors of multitasking performance: Need for cognitive closure and multitasking strategy and performance”. Prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Kossowska was the thesis supervisor, the reviewers were prof. dr hab. … Continued
A new paper in European Journal of Social Psychology!
Conspiracy theories may be attractive to people who seek certainty when facing unclear situations – that was an assumption of research conducted by Marta Marchlewska (University of Warsaw) together with Aleksandra Cichocka (University of Kent, UK) and Małgorzata Kossowska from … Continued
Another paper in ‘Frontiers in Psychology’!
Embodied cognition – a perspective joining cognitive with physical aspects of human functioning – gained lots of attention recentely. Katarzyna Cantarero and Michał Parzuchowski together with Karolina Dukała from our Centre tested whether hand-over-heart gesture diminishes other-oriented dishonesty, as previous … Continued
Arie Kruglanski, Marina Chernikova and Katarzyna Jasko on condition of social psychology for EJSP!
Condition of social psychology is a matter that Arie Kruglanski and Marina Chernikova together with Katarzyna Jasko from our Centre investigate in the paper published by European Journal of Social Psychology. In-depth analysis let the authors reflect on both – … Continued
Another paper of our Centre in “Frontiers in Psychology”!
Małgorzata Kossowska, Paulina Szwed, Aneta Czernatowicz-Kukuczka, Maciek Sekerdej and Miroslaw Wyczesany ran a psychophysiological study on threat relieving strategies in religious context. Groups that hold a certain worldview often react with prejudice toward groups of opposit views. Following this reasoning, … Continued
New paper in Motivation Science!
New paper from our lab! Ewa Szumowska, Paulina Szwed, Małgorzata Kossowska & Rex Wright (University of Texas) published their paper titled “Multifaceted Effects of Need for Cognitive Closure on Effort: A Cardiovascular Response Study. Motivation Science” in “Motivation Science”. In … Continued
Sindhuja Sankaran, Ewa Szumowska, & Małgorzata Kossowska’s paper in Motivation & Emotion
A new paper from our group! Sindhuja Sankaran, Ewa Szumowska, & Małgorzata Kossowska published their article “When the going gets tough, the tough get going: Motivation towards closure and effort investment in the performance of cognitive tasks” in Motivation & … Continued
Happy Easter!
Happy Easter to all our collaborators, friends, & family 🙂
Sindhuja Sankaran, Maciek Sekerdej and Ulrich von Hecker in ‘Frontiers in Psychology’
We have a new paper published in Frontiers in Psychology! Sindhuja Sankaran and Maciek Sekerdej from our Centre together with Ulrich von Hecker from Cardiff University examined the effects of norm violation on status representation in the context of the … Continued
Małgorzata Kossowska on dogmatic religiosity and uncertainty for PAP
Małgorzata Kossowska in an interview for the Polish Press Agency (PAP) explained how people of dogmatic religiosity behave when facing uncerianty. Relying on the recent EEG study conducted with collaborators (Paulina Szwed, Eligiusz Wronka, Gabriela Czarnek, and Mirosław Wyczesany), she … Continued
Ewa Szumowska and Małgorzata Kossowska in Personality and Individual Differences
Ewa Szumowska and Małgorzata Kossowska published a paper titled Need for cognitive closure and attention allocation during multitasking: Evidence from eye-tracking studies in Personality and Individual Differences. In a series of two eye-tracking studies they found that high NFC participants in order to … Continued
Marcin Bukowski on scapegoats and feeling of control – an interview for Tygodnik Powszechny
Why do we choose scapegoats – what is so special about them, what mechanism lies behind that process and can we replace it with something else? Marcin Bukowski from our Centre talked to Szymon Łucyk from Tygodnik Powszechny (weekly magazine) … Continued
A visit of students from the International School in Dubai
On February 15th we had a novel event going on in our Centre – a visit of students from International School in Dubai. The group spent a few hours first listening to the lecture on the relation betweem prejudice and … Continued
Małgorzata Kossowska on dogmatism – an interview for the BBC World Service
What is a mechanism of dogmatism, which forms does it take, what are the consequences and… why bother? Małgorzata Kossowska, the Head of our Centre, explains this complex phenomena in an interview for the BBC World Service. Listen to the … Continued
PhD defence of Agnieszka Strojny
This Monday Agnieszka Strojny from our Centre defended her thesis on the role of epistemical motivation (need for cognitive closure) and cognitive resources accessibility on susceptibility to fundamental attribution error. Prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Kossowska was the thesis supervisor, the reviewers of the … Continued
13th Winter Seminar on Social Cognition and Intergroup Relations – Szczyrk 2017
The 13th Winter Seminar took place January 27 – 29th in Szczyrk. During 3 days of meeting we discussed more than 20 presentations on very broad scope of topics (from bilingualism and control deprivation to stereotyping), all connected to social … Continued
HARMONIA 8 for Piotr Dragon
We are pleased to share that Piotr Dragon was awarded with HARMONIA grant from the National Science Center. His project The relationship between two dimensions of social perception – warmth and competence – from connectionist modeling perspective. Piotr will work on the project with … Continued
PhD defence of Marta Szastok
Last Thursday, member of our team, Marta Szastok, defended her thesis on the relationship between women’s benevolent and hostile sexism impact on perception on other women in traditional and nontraditional roles. The reviewers of Marta’s thesis were prof. dr hab. … Continued
Merry Christmas!
To all our friends, collaborators, and people interested in social psychology: Merry Christmas and all the best for upcoming year 2017!
Noble box 2016
This year our team joined efforts to prepare a noble box: a Christmas gift for a family in need. Again, our leader was Ewa Szumowska! Ewa, thank you for your inspiration and efforts to make it happen.
Małgorzata Kossowska nomination for leader of Social Sciences unit in Council of the NCN
We are happy to share that during the first meeting of the new Council of the National Science Centre on December 15th prof. Małgorzata Kossowska, head of our group, was nominated as a leader of the Arts, Humanities and Social … Continued
Katarzyna Jaśko and collaborants on radicalization
Katarzyna Jaśko, Gary LaFree, and Arie Kruglanski published an article about radicalization in ‘Political Psychology’. In a group of 1496 individuals who committed ideologically motivated crimes in the US they found that instances of low personal significance were related to greater … Continued
Hans-Peter Erb’s guest talk on the Need for Uniqueness
During our last lab group meeting we had a pleasure to host Hans-Peter Erb, a professor from Helmut-Schimdt University in Hamburg. He gave a talk on the Need for Uniqueness titled ‘When minority status appeals: The case of uniqueness’. As … Continued
‘Personality and Individual Differences’ with Sindhuja Sankaran and the team!
A new paper in “Personality and Individual Differences”! Sindhuja Sankaran and colleagues published paper on the role of need for closure (NFC) and situational appraisals in creative performance. They showed that high NFC individuals would show reduced creativity due to … Continued
Ewa Szumowska and Małgorzata Kossowska in ‘Personality and Individual Differences’
Ewa Szumowska and Małgorzata Kossowska wrote second paper on the relationship between motivation and multitasking performance. They again showed that higher level of the Need for Cognitive Closure (NFC) is not a ‘bad’ thing. In contrast, they demonstrated that high … Continued
Guest blog post on Uncertainty Avoidance and political preferences
Apart from publishing research in academic journals it is important to share the knowledge with a broader audience. Gabriela Czarnek from our team published a guest blog post for Veebit on the relationship between Uncertainty Avoidance and political beliefs. You … Continued
‘Coping with Lack of Control in a Social World’ new book edited by Marcin Bukowski and collaborants
We are happy to share that Marcin Bukowski from our Centre in cooperation with Immo Fritsche (University of Leipzig), Ana Guinote (University College London) and Mirosław Kofta (University of Warsaw) edited a book in the ‘Current Issues in Social Psychology’ … Continued
European Roma Spirit Award for Joanna Grzymała-Moszczyńska and collaborators!
We are very proud to share with you that Joanna Grzymała-Moszczyńska and collaborators received European Roma Spirit Award they were nominated to! The award is a recognition for their book ‘Selected problems of psychological diagnosis of children and adolescents in … Continued
University awards for Małgorzata Kossowska and Marcin Bukowski
We are very proud to share the information that two of our colleagues received important University awards during the Opening Ceremony of the Academic Year 2016/17! Prof. Małgorzata Kossowska received ‘Laur Jagielloński’ for outstanding scientific achievements and Marcin Bukowski was awarded with The Rector Award … Continued
Małgorzata Kossowska and team in ‘Motivation and Emotion’
Not always higher level in Need for Cognitive Closure (NFC) is related to boost in prejudice or stereotyping. Małgorzata Kossowska, Marcin Bukowski, and Piotr Dragon from our group together with Ana Guinote (University College London) and Arie Kruglanski (University of … Continued
Anna Czarna, Magdalena Śmieja & team in ‘Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin’
Popularity in group is a major concern for some. But who exactly is popular – e.g. does narcissism or emotional intelligence (EI) has anything to do with it? Anna Czarna and Magdalena Śmieja from our Centre together with the team … Continued
The European Roma Spirit Award 2016 nomination!
We are happy to announce that Krystian Barzykowski’s team with Joanna Grzymała – Moszczyńska from our Centre is nominated to European Roma Spirit Award 2016 for their book ‘Selected problems of psychological diagnosis of children and adolescents in the context … Continued
Another paper of our lab group in ‘Personality and Individual Differences’!
Another paper from our lab group: Małgorzata Kossowska, Paulina Szwed, Eligiusz Wronka, Gabriela Czarnek, and Mirosław Wyczesany is published in ‘Personality and Individual Differences’. In the article titled “Anxiolytic Functions of Fundamental Beliefs: Neurocognitive Evidence” researchers asked question whether people … Continued
Małgorzata Kossowska and team in ‘Personality and Individual Differences’
Connection between stress and moral decision making was a subject of interest of our Centre’s team. According to previous research, stress promotes rather deontological than utilitarian decisions. Małgorzata Kossowska, Aneta Czernatowicz-Kukuczka, Ewa Szumowska, and Anna Czarna from our Centre took … Continued
Jacek Legierski’s presentation on Lab Group Meeting
During the meeting Jacek Legierski presented his research proposal on the relationship between cognitive dissonance and rumination and it’s impact on depression. This work will be a part of Jacek’s dissertation.
Gabriela Czarnek & Paulina Szwed’s presentation on lab group meeting
On April 26th Gabriela and Paulina showed us a decent bit of their research on attitudes toward outgroups. The presentation was titled “Everybody Dislike Somebody (Sometimes): Value Violation as a Source of Prejudice Toward Groups with Opposing Values” and challenged the traditional … Continued
Gabriela Czarnek’s presentation on lab group meeting
Last Tuesday during the lab group meeting Gabriela Czarnek presented the results from her studies on the moderating impacy of effort engagement on stereotyping in older age. The presentation made us think about both cognitive and motivational aspects of social … Continued
Marcin Bukowski’s team in ‘Group Processes & Intergroup Relations’
Global economic crisis – a hot topic of movies and street talks is also a topic of current academic debate. Marcin Bukowski from our Centre together with Soledad de Lemus, Rosa Rodriguez-Bailón and Guillermo B. Willis checked whether blaming outgroups … Continued
Piotr Dragon’s presentation on lab group meeting
During the lab group meeting Piotr Dragon gave presentation titled “Exploring the relation between warmth and competence in social perception: a connectionist modeling approach”. During his talk he presented his recent studies on the computational model of impression formation. Piotrek in … Continued
Maciej Sekerdej and Sonia Roccas on patriotism
Can patriotism be simply defined by love to one’s nation? – according to current studies, not necessarily. Maciej Sekerdej from our Centre together with Sonia Roccas from the Open University of Israel published a paper on conventional and constructive patriotism … Continued
Małgorzata Kossowska, Ana Guinote and Paweł Strojny in ‘Motivation & Emotion’
Is there one universal reaction to power? According to the new paper by Małgorzata Kossowska, Ana Guinote, and Paweł Strojny published in Motivation & Emotion – there is not, at least when we talk about information processing. It seems that ‘Power … Continued
Jacek Legierski’s presentation on lab group meeting
During the meeting Jacek Legierski presented results from his latest study on the relationship between cognitive dissonance and rumination and it’s impact on depression. We discussed the results, its possible explanation and ideas for future studies. Jacek is planning to … Continued
A new paper by Ewa Szumowska and Małgorzata Kossowska
Ewa Szumowska and Małgorzata Kossowska from our lab published a paper that will be published in Personality and Individual Differences. It is titled ‘Need for closure and multitasking performance: The role of shifting ability’. You can read the paper (full version!) … Continued
A new paper by Soledad de Lemus and Marcin Bukowski!
Soledad de Lemus – the researcher cooperating with us – together with Marcin Bukowski from our Centre, Russell Spears and Maïka Telga have published a paper in the special issue of Zeitschrift für Psychologie. Their article is titled ‘Reactance to (or … Continued
Abstract submission deadline for the Small Group Meeting extended to March 15th!
Let us invite you once again for the Small Group Meeting on Cognitive Consistency which will take place May 20 – 22nd. There is still an opportunity to register as an active participant as the abstract submission deadline has been … Continued
A new paper by Katarzyna Jaśko
Katarzyna Jaśko with Arie Kruglanski and Marina Chernikova have just published new paper titled “Aspects of motivation: Reflections on Roy Baumeister’s essay”. Paper is published in Motivation and Emotion. Advanced online publication is available >>HERE<<.
Getting social :) – CSCS on Facebook
We’re pleased to share that we are present on the biggest social platform! From now on, CSCS has its own site on Facebook – run in both English and Polish language version. You can read the latest updates – … Continued
To be a community – Katarzyna Jaśko in Gazeta Wyborcza
Katarzyna Jaśko from our Centre, Daniel Bar – Tal, Arie W. Kruglanski and Philip G. Zimbardo are the psychologists that Gazeta Wyborcza cites in the context of current political situation in Poland. How conflicts are shaped (especially by uncertainty) and how … Continued
New invited speakers on Krakow Small Group Meeting 2016
We are pleased to announce that two new invited speakers confirmed their participation in the event. Rex Wright (University of North Texas) and Bill Swann (University of Texas at Austin) will join us in Krakow and give talks on their … Continued
New invited speaker on Small Group Meeting 2016
We are pleased to share that Cindy Harmon-Jones accepted our invitation to join the Small Group Meeting on Cognitive Consistency! Cindy Harmon-Jones is a researcher working in the field of emotions, motivations, and cognitive dissonance at University of New South Wales … Continued
Small Group Meeting on Cognitive Consistency – announcement #1
We are please to inform that our group will be organizing Small Group Meeting in Krakow between 20-22nd May 2016. The topic is “Cognitive Consistency” – topic with a long tradition in Social Psychology. The goal of this small group meeting is … Continued
Johannes Keller’s invited talk on essentialist lay theories
On Friday, December 18th, Johannes Keller, Chair of Social Psychology from Ulm University (Germany) gave a talk on “What makes people who they are? According to essentialist lay theories the answer is: Genes, social environment, and spiritual forces”. Below you can find an … Continued
Joanna Pyrkosz – Pacyna defence
Last Thursday, member of our team, Joanna Pyrkosz – Pacyna, defended her PhD thesis on the personality and situational factors affecting success in entrepreneurship. Prof. Małgorzata Kossowska was Joanna’s advisor. The reviewers were dr hab. Anna Zalewska, prof. SWPS and dr hab. … Continued
The Noble Box (Szlachetna Paczka) organized by our team
Our team decided to join Noble Box Project (with a little inspiration from Ewa!). The project is established to provide aid to families struggling with poverty. It is organized before Christmas holidays. Our aim was to prepare a Christmas gift … Continued
“(Un)easy returns home?” – conference and interview by Joanna Grzymała – Moszczyńska
Our colleague Joanna Grzymała – Moszczyńska together with prof. Halina Grzymała – Moszczyńska, Joanna Durlik and Paulina Szydłowska from the Institute of Psychology UJ gave an interview for Gazeta Wyborcza (Duży Format, December 10th). They discussed the situation of people (especially … Continued
Marta Szastok’s presentation on lab group meeting
During the lab group meeting Marta Szastok presented her doctoral research on the relationship between benevolent and hostile sexism on system justification.
Sindhuja Sankaran on racism in Poland for “Gazeta Wyborcza”
Sindhuja Sankaran talked to “Gazeta Wyborcza”, polish newspaper, on latest racist incidents in Kraków. The reason for the article was the attack on Navjot Sawhney, british citizen with Indian roots. The full version of the article is available >>HERE<< (in … Continued
HARMONIA 6 for Maciej Sekerdej
We are pleased to share that Maciej Sekerdej was awarded with HARMONIA grant from the National Science Center. His project “National identity in relational perspective: the impact of intragroup relations on intergroup attitudes“. It will be implemented in cooperation with international team: … Continued
Relationship between behavioral inhibition, need for closure and decision-making
During the meeting we discussed the paper written by Katarzyna Jaśko and Aneta Czernatowicz on the relationship between BIS, NFC, and decision-making. As one of the authors is currently away, we conducted this meeting via skype :).
Polish – German BEETHOVEN Project
Marcin Bukowski (PI) and Katarzyna Jaśko in co-operation with Philipp Jugert (PI) and Immo Fritsche from University of Leipzig were awarded a Beethoven grant from National Science Center on the project: “Threat to Control and Social Norms: Conformity, Change or Formation”. Congratulations! Read … Continued
Lab group meetings in October and November 2015
The list of topics dissused during past lab group meetings (in October and November 2015) is presented below. 10.11.2015 During the meeting Sindhuja Sankaran and Ewa Szumowska presented their research on multiple goal pursuit. 24.10.2015 During the meeting Joanna Cyganiewicz … Continued
Young and promising! Katarzyna Jaśko award from Ministry of Higher Education
Katarzyna Jaśko received an award for young and promising scientists from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The prize is meant for the most outstanding researchers with international achievements. Contragulations Katarzyna! We are very proud! The full list of … Continued
SONATA 9 for Katarzyna Jaśko
We are pleased to share that Katarzyna Jaśko was awarded SONATA grant from the National Science Center. Her project named “Psychological mechanisms of solidarity with disadvantaged groups’ relates to underdog-solidarity and motivation beneath”. It will be implemented in cooperation with Marta Szastok. … Continued
Seminar on Control Motivation and (Social) Cognition
About the Meeting Exerting control over the environment has been recognized within various domains of psychology (basic, personality, social, developmental etc.) as a fundamental type of motivation. The cognitive, emotional and motivational effects of control deprivation had been extensively studied … Continued
Lab group meetings in summer semester 2015
The list of topics dissused during past lab group meetings in summer semester 2015 is presented below. 14.07.2015 James Greville, Swansea University, presented his research on “Generalised and derived conditioned suppression in virtual reality environments” 23.06.2015 Ewa Szumowska presented her … Continued
12th Winter Seminar in Social Cognition Zakopane 2015
As previous years, a 3-day seminar took place between the 7th and 9th of March 2015. This year we returned to the winter capital of Poland, Zakopane and the seminar turned out to be a great platform to exchange research … Continued
Lab group meetings in winter semester 2014/15
The list of topics dissused during past lab group meetings in winter semester 2014/2015 is presented below. 03.03.2015 During the meeting Jacek Legierski presented his research proposal on cognitive dissonance. 16.12.2014 During the meeting dr Marcin Bukowski presented his results … Continued
11th Winter Seminar in Social Cognition Gliczarów 2014
Our long-established 3-day winter seminar took place between the 14 and 16 March 2014, for the second time in Gliczarów. Expectedly, the meeting was rewarding, both scientifically and socially 🙂
Lab group meetings in winter semester 2013/14
The list of topics dissused during past lab group meetings in winter semester 2013/2014 is presented below. 07.01.2014 During the meeting Maria Hornowska-Stoch presented her research proposal on “Different aspects of uncertainty and couple reflections about fanaticism”. 17.12.2013 During the … Continued
10th Congress of Polish Association of Social Psychology
This event took place between 13th and 15th September 2013. The pictures are available HERE.
Motivation in Social Contexts: Theory and Practice
This conference was held between 30th June and 2nd July 2013. As the title suggests, the conference addressed social and motivational processes, focusing on issues of both theoretical and practical concern. Symposium and poster presentations pertained to the broadly construed topic of … Continued
Lab group meetings in summer semester 2013
The list of topics dissused during past lab group meetings in summer semester 2013 is presented below. 11.06.2013 During the meeting we discussed results of Gabriela Czarnek research on neurocognitive correlates of Need for Cognitive Closure. 28.05.2013 During the meeting … Continued
EASP Small Group Meeting Przegorzały 2013
This conference was held between 27th and 29th June, 2013. The aim of the meeting was to enable researchers to share novel findings about epistemic process, and work towards developing a common, multi-level approach that combines the neuroscience of intra- … Continued
Interview with prof. Małgorzata Kossowska on knowledge formation
Prof. Małgorzata Kossowska gave interview for “POLITYKA”, polish weekly magazine. The topic was knowledge formation and the need for certainty in everyday life. You can read the interview >>here<< (available in polish only).
10th Winter Seminar in Social Cognition Gliczarów 2013
We organized our traditional 3-day winter seminar (8-10 February 2013) with social psychology researchers from other Polish universities. It was a successful event that facilitated future research collaborations by exchanging and discussing compelling results and ideas. Integrating science with socializing is what social psychology is … Continued
MAESTRO grant for prof. Małgorzata Kossowska
Prof. Małgorzata Kossowska was awarded with a MAESTRO grant from National Science Centre. MAESTRO is the most prestigious grant scheme in Poland, awarded to experienced researchers for conducting pioneering research, including interdisciplinary research. According to the National Science Centre projects within … Continued
9th Winter Seminar in Social Cognition Zakopane 2012
The winter seminar on social cognition that took place in Zakopane from the 3rd to 5th of February 2012 established yet another successful platform and opportunity to meet with fellow researchers from Poland. While the seminar focused on some cardinal … Continued
Krakow Seminar on Social Cognition and Intergroup Relations
The Social Psychology department of the Institute of Psychology (Jagiellonian University) has a long lasting tradition of organizing small annual seminars, during which researchers from Poland and occasionally from other countries (e.g., UK, Spain, Israel) are invited to share their newest … Continued